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Pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter, integrated circuit, and electronic device
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Abstract
Disclosed are a pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter, an integrated circuit, and an electronic device. The pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter includes: a first-stage successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (10), a residue amplifier (30), a second-stage successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (20), and a digital coding unit (40).
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1 . A pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter, comprising:
a first-stage successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter, including a first digital-to-analog converter, a first comparator and a first digital control logic unit sequentially connected, wherein the first digital-to-analog converter includes a first capacitor array having one first complement bit capacitor and M bit first capacitors, a first end of the first complement bit capacitor and a first end of each of the first capacitors are respectively connected to an analog input voltage, a second end of each of the first capacitors is connected to a positive going reference voltage or a negative going reference voltage through a multi-way selection switch, and a second end of the first complement bit capacitor is connected to a negative going reference voltage; a capacitance value of the first complement bit capacitor is equal to a capacitance value of a first bit capacitor in the M bit first capacitors, and capacitance values of the M bit first capacitors are sequentially increased by a power of 2 from small to large according to the number of bits, where M is an integer larger than 1; a residue amplifier having an input end connected to a residual voltage output from the first digital-to-analog converter; a second-stage successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter, including a second digital-to-analog converter, a second comparator and a second digital control logic unit sequentially connected, wherein the second digital-to-analog converter includes a second capacitor array having one gain halving capacitor, one second complement bit capacitor, and N−1 bit second capacitors, a first end of the gain halving capacitor, a first end of the second complement bit capacitor, and a first end of each of the second capacitors are respectively connected to an output end of the residue amplifier, a second end of each of the second capacitors is connected to a positive going reference voltage or a negative going reference voltage through a multi-way selection switch, and a second end of the gain halving capacitor, and a second end of the second complement bit capacitor are respectively connected to a negative going reference voltage, a capacitance value of the second complement bit capacitor is equal to a capacitance value of a first bit capacitor in the N−1 bit second capacitors, capacitance values of the N−1 bit second capacitors are sequentially increased by a power of 2 from small to large according to the number of bits, and a capacitance value of the gain halving capacitor is a sum of the capacitance values of the N−1 bit second capacitors and the second complement bit capacitor, where N is an integer greater than 1; and a digital coding unit connected to output ends of the first digital control logic unit and the second digital control logic unit.
2 . The pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter according to claim 1 , wherein the analog input voltage is a differential voltage; and two first capacitor arrays are provided and correspondingly connected to a positive going input voltage and a negative going input voltage in the differential voltage.
3 . The pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter according to claim 2 , wherein the residue amplifier is a differential amplifier having two input ends correspondingly connected to residual voltages output from the two first capacitor arrays.
4 . The pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter according to claim 3 , wherein the differential amplifier has two output ends; and two second capacitor arrays are provided and correspondingly connected to the two output ends of the differential amplifier.
5 . The pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter according to claim 1 , wherein the residue amplifier has an amplification factor being an (M−2) th power of 2.
6 . The pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of each first capacitor is further connected to a common mode voltage through the multi-way selection switch.
7 . The pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of each second capacitor is further connected to a common mode voltage through the multi-way selection switch.
8 . The pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter according to claim 1 , further comprising a sample and hold circuit connected to the analog input voltage and the first digital-to-analog converter.
9 . An integrated circuit; comprising a pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter the pipelined successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter comprising:
a first-stage successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter, including a first digital-to-analog converter, a first comparator and a first digital control logic unit sequentially connected, wherein the first digital-to-analog converter includes a first capacitor array having one first complement bit capacity and M bit first capacitors, a first end of the first complement bit capacitor and a first end of each of the first capacitors are respectively connected to an analog input voltage, a second end of the each of the first capacitors is connected to a positive going reference voltage or a negative going reference voltage through a multi-way selection switch, and a second end of the first complement bit capacitor is connected to a negative going reference voltage; a capacitance value of the first complement bit capacitor is equal to a capacitance value of a first bit capacitor in the M bit first capacitors, and capacitance values of the M bit first capacitors are sequentially increased by a power of 2 from small to large according to the number of bits, where M is an integer larger than 1, a residue amplifier having an input end connected to a residual voltage output from the first digital-to-analog converter; a second-stage successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter, including a second digital-to-analog converter, a second comparator and a second digital control logic unit sequentially connected, wherein the second digital-to-analog converter includes a second capacitor array having one gain halving capacitor, one second complement bit capacitor, and N−1 bit second capacitors, a first end of the gain halving capacitor, a first end of the second complement bit capacitor, and a first end of each of the second capacitors are respectively connected to an output end of the residue amplifier, a second end of each of the second capacitors is connected to a positive going reference voltage of a negative going reference voltage through a multi-way selection switch and a second end of the gain halving capacitor, and a second end of the second complement bit capacitor are respectively connected to a negative going reference voltage, a capacitance value of the second complement bit capacitor is equal to a capacitance value of a first bit capacitor in the N−1 bit second capacitors, capacitance values of the N−1 bit second capacitors are sequentially increased by a power of 2 from small to large according to the number of bits, and a capacitance value of the gain halving capacitor is a sum of the capacitance values of the N−1 bit second capacitors and the second complement bit capacitor, where N is an integer greater than 1; and a digital coding unit connected to output the ends of the first digital control logic unit and the second digital control logic unit.
10 . An electronic device, comprising a device body, and an integrated circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the integrated circuit is provided in the device body.
11 . The integrated circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the analog input voltage is a differential voltage; and two first capacitor arrays are provided and correspondingly connected to a positive going input voltage and a negative going input voltage in the differential voltage.
12 . The integrated circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the residue amplifier is a differential amplifier having two input ends correspondingly connected to residual voltages output from the two first capacitor arrays.
13 . The integrated circuit according to claim 12 , wherein the differential amplifier has two output ends; and two second capacitor arrays are provided and correspondingly connected to the two output ends of the differential amplifier.
14 . The integrated circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the residue amplifier has an amplification factor being an (M−2) th power of 2.
15 . The integrated circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the second end of each first capacitor is further connected to a common mode voltage through the multi-way selection switch.
16 . The integrated circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the second end of each second capacitor is further connected to a common mode voltage through the multi-way selection switch.
17 . The integrated circuit according to claim 9 , further comprising a sample and hold circuit connected to the analog input voltage and the first digital-to-analog converter.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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